Emtek 222304 Modern Rectangular Brass Flush Pulls (1-3/4" x 4") - Knurled

Projection on the Modern Rectangular knurled flush pull is 1/8 inch, so the cup face sits nearly flat to the door face. That is what lets a pocket or bypass door run fully into the jamb or wall pocket without the pull catching. Anything with a protruding grip will not clear a pocket opening.

It is a pull only, no latch and no privacy function. If the pocket door serves a bath or bedroom and needs to lock, order an Emtek Modern Rectangular pocket door lock in the matching finish and use the flush pull on the opposite face or as the second-leaf pull. Emtek publishes separate dimension and installation sheets for the Modern Rectangular pocket door lock, and it is a different prep from the pull.

Emtek lists the Modern Rectangular brass flush pull as residential. For a high-cycle commercial opening, a school corridor or a hotel back-of-house pocket door, spec a commercial-duty flush pull instead. For apartments, condo units, custom homes and light hospitality it is the right class of part.

A flush cup pull grips from one face only. A single-leaf pocket door that gets operated from both sides needs one on each face, and a pair of bypass or converging pocket doors needs one per leaf per side. The 222304 has no through-spindle or edge pull, so count your faces first and order accordingly.

Both are recessed cup pulls that sit inside a mortised pocket in the door face, but they are handled differently. The Emtek 222304 is a brass flush pull with a knurled cup measuring 1-3/4 inches by 4 inches, with nothing that moves - fingers go into the cup and pull. The Baldwin 0397 SOL from the Estate series is a flush cup handle with a solid spindle ring pull, so it adds a swinging ring inside the cup that a hand grips and folds back flat when it is released. For a pocket door that must clear the jamb with nothing protruding, the fixed knurled cup is the flatter of the two; where a heavier door needs a full-hand grip rather than fingertips, the ring style gives something to hook.

Solid brass, both material and substrate. Brass takes the living finishes well, which is why the unlacquered brass (US3NL) option is offered alongside the plated ones. It is also the reason the knurled texture holds its definition rather than softening under a thick plating.

Ten finishes: Oil Rubbed Bronze (US10B), Polished Nickel Lifetime (US14), Satin Nickel (US15), Pewter (US15A), Flat Black (US19), Polished Chrome (US26), Polished Brass Lifetime (US3), Unlacquered Brass (US3NL), Satin Brass (US4), and French Antique (US7). Those are standard Emtek finish codes, so a pull specified in US15 matches Emtek levers and hinges called out in US15 on the same job.

The Baldwin 0397 SOL Flush Cup Handle and Solid Spindle Ring Pull from the Estate series is the traditional counterpart: a recessed cup with a swing-out spindle ring you grip and pull, rather than a flat knurled rectangle you hook a finger into. The ring gives more leverage on a heavy or stiff-running door. The Emtek 222304 is the flatter, modern-profile option with nothing that swings out.

They are not stylistic equivalents. The Emtek 222304 is a contemporary rectangular brass pull with a knurled cup face, which reads with flat-stock modern levers and square rosettes. The Baldwin 0397 SOL is an Estate series cup handle with a solid spindle ring, a traditional detail that suits period and transitional trim. Functionally either one recesses into the door, so the swap is possible on the hardware side; visually they belong to different packages, and on a run of doors where the rest of the hardware is modern, the 222304 is the one that carries the line. The 222304 comes in ten finishes including Flat Black US19, Satin Nickel US15, Polished Chrome US26, Unlacquered Brass US3NL and Oil Rubbed Bronze US10B, so matching it to existing modern hardware is usually a finish selection rather than a style compromise.

The Emtek 222304 is the flatter of the two. It is a brass flush cup pull with a 1/8 inch projection and a knurled face, so once mortised there is nothing standing off the door to catch the jamb as the door runs into the pocket, and the knurl supplies the grip that a smooth cup would not. The Baldwin 0397 SOL pairs its flush cup with a solid spindle ring pull, which lies down in the cup when released but is a moving part that a user has to remember to drop before sliding the door home. Emtek lists the 222304 for residential use, which is the typical pocket and sliding door application.

No electrical component at all. It is a mechanical brass cup pull, so there is no wire, no power transfer, and no low-voltage rough-in to coordinate with the electrician.